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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Create Notes and Text</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can create both notes and text on a diagram; the two are slightly different.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Create a Note</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To create a note, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Drag the </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">Note</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> icon from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Common</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> page of the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> onto the diagram</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">If you have the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="objectappearance.htm">Edit Object On New</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> checkbox </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">deselected</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Objects</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> dialog (</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tools | Options | Objects</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">)</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, the Note element displays on your diagram; type your note text directly within the Note element</span><br>
<span class="f_Bulletlist3">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="notesample.png" width="140" height="74" border="0" alt="NoteSample"><br>
<span class="f_Bulletlist3">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">If you have the checkbox selected, the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Notes</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> window displays; type your text in that window. You can format the text if necessary, using the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="rich_text_notes_toolbar.htm">Rich Text Notes</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> toolbar at the top of the window. When you have completed the text, click on the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">OK</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> button to save it.</span><br>
<span class="f_Bulletlist3">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="noteswindow.png" width="545" height="158" border="0" alt="NotesWindow"><br>
<span class="f_Bulletlist3">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The Note text displays in the Note element.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="notesample1.png" width="132" height="72" border="0" alt="NoteSample1"></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You can also create a note by clicking on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New Note</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> icon (the text page) on the <a href="elementtoolbar.htm">UML Elements</a> toolbar and clicking on the diagram.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Create Text</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To create text, follow the steps below:</span></p>
<ol style="text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 48px; list-style-position: outside;">
<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Drag the </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">Text Element</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> icon from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Common</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> page of the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> onto the diagram. </span><span class="f_NumberedList">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Notes</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> </span><span class="f_NumberedList">window displays.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="textwindow.png" width="545" height="157" border="0" alt="TextWindow"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Type your text in the window. You can format the text if necessary, using the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="rich_text_notes_toolbar.htm">Rich Text Notes</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList"> toolbar at the top of the window. When you have completed the text, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button to save it.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Your text displays on the diagram in the following format, with no border:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="textsample.png" width="85" height="42" border="0" alt="TextSample"></p>




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